- Working with slackers
if someone "slacks" it hurts the group both in TASK & in MAINTENANCE

- Lack of
balanced teamworkuneven
distribution of workload,

-Scheduling conflicts
- It's
difficult to coordinate time schedules so people can meet face-to-face.

-Dealing with close minded
people Personality
& ideological clashes
-

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Some
Additional insights about how groups work: ( from current & past
semesters)

- There's an expectation that people are put in groups to learn something –
the "socialization effect"

- Motivating the performance of others IS a major part of working in groups

- You have to be TAUGHT how to work in groups – it's not
innate for all cultures

- Despite the U.S. cultural norms, not all group participants
behave in high-utterance, talkative ways. It's important to understand there
are stylistic
differences & "ALLOW" space for the contributions of quieter participants. At
the same time, all participants should be
willing to speak up when necessary/appropriate,

- Working in a group means all participants need to adapt to be able to accept others ideas and
not be in full control even though the grade is on the line.

What are the most important skills necessary for
successful (&amicable) Working In Groups?

via
online Discussion Board/Forum #1

> Critical Thinking

>Ability to Give Quality Input

> Have a Cooperative Attitude

>Collaborative Cooperation
> Communication Skills" Ability to understand and to be understood

> Listening and Response skills

>Patience

>Reliability

Some Leftover thoughts from previous semester:

1.
In certain education settings: e.g. Long-term projects in a semester can be
worked on as a group because everyone could have a different perspective on what
was taught by the teacher and the lessons that were taught in the class and the
project can be finished with better knowledge of the subject.

2.Public
presentations are another way that we found working in groups much easier than
working alone because you can break down topics into sections that each member
of a group is more knowledgeable about and also, it would make it easier to answer
questions that the audience might have.

3.
Forming study groups with other members in your class or other friends help make
it easier to understand different topics in the class that you currently have
trouble understanding.

4.
Starting a marketing campaign for a business or a product is easier working in
groups because one person can focus on television advertising, another can focus
on print advertising, someone else can focus on making sales pitches to
distributors, and a group member can work on the graphic design.

5.Teaching can be used more efficiently as a group as a team exercise because the
teacher can explain the lesson for the class then the students can work in a
group to accomplish the work the needs to be finished with the teacher answering
questions that the group has trouble figuring out on its own.